If any stranger were to pass by Ashley Breed on the street, (s)he might see a typical jeans-and-T-shirt-wearing guy. A nondescript, minds-his-own-store dude who resides among several million people in …

The Texans are back in the win column when it counts. Saturday’s 31-14 playoff victory over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals erased the doldrums of a three-game losing streak heading into the playoffs. …